Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-09
RANDALL TO CARLISLE.
A Spirited Letter From. the Pennsyl-
vania PrOtectiOnist to the Ken
tucky Revenue RefOrmer.
FREE TOBACCO.
The Speaker of the House Accused OF
Near-SightedneSs

The Speaker of the House Accused OF
Near-sightedness.
WASHINGTON, February S.-Speaker Car
lisle to-day received letter, signed ohm S.
Henderson, George ID. Wise and Sam Ram
dali, OF which the following excerpt convey
its significance:
Dear Sir-We regret exceedingly that you
could not see your way clear to i've recog-
milton yesterday to some Democrat to en-
able him to move to suspend the rules, for
the purpose OF giving the House an oppor-
tunity to consider the question OF the
total repeal OF the Internal Revenue tax
on tobacco. Your refusal to give this rec
ognition, together with your letter of the
9TH instant, deserves more than passing
notice. Ii two-thirds of the House are in
favor ofsueh repeal, it was a grave respon-
sibility for you to oppose such large ma
iority OF the representatives OF the people.
Assuming, however for the sake of argu-
ment, that the friends Of the proposition
constituted a less number than two thirds,
their strength is certainly such that they
ought to have been permitted to test the
sense OF the House upon the question;
since the country is watching
with intense interest the action CT the
House in respect thereto. and the constitu-
ents of a large number OF the mem hers
of the House have been urging them
to obtain, il possible, considera-
ton OF the subject. We to
not wish to be misunderstood.
point, that recognition should have been
given to Democrat to make this motion:
but we would vote cheerfully for the pro
position, whether made by Il Democrat or
by Republican. We believe that friends
of the repeal OF the tobacco tax were so
strong in the House that we would
save to the oppressed tax payers OF
this country an annual reduction of
taxation to the extent of. $28 100000 if
the motion for he repeal could have bee,l
made in the House on Monday of this
week, the latest day when such a motion,
to be effective, under the rules. wcnld be in
order during the Forty ninth Congress
The motion, if made during the last six
lays of the session, would almost certain
" be too late to secure favorable consider
ion for the question in the Senate.
I'VE think that a revision OF the tariff
and the internal revenue laws can be at
aimed from time to time, and that We
should not refu ;e to make such revisions |
because sweeping changes have not been !
II the House was considered |
to deal with the silver question, |
With the pension question, and with the |
question, free from the die |
alton of Democratic caucus, we think it !
ught to be competent to deal with the |
uestion of reduction of taxation. /
he caucus ought not now to be
lvoked to justify the policy of
clay and non-action.en this subject. We
ineerely hope, with you. that some plan
lay yet be developed which will enable the
louise to consider the subject OF revenue re-
uction in q spirit OF fairness to all inter-
sts, and in accordance with the letter and
oirit of the platform Of the National Dem
cratic party, adopted at the convention
ED at Chicago in 1884, and we assure you
laI we are ready to meet any Of our Dem
cratic associates who are prepared to
eat with US on such basis